Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-09-05
agricultural department.
How Shall CID Pastures Be
Renovated?

year. It equally true that the pas
tures are being run and depleted
Les and less grass l. growing als'i
bushes. weeds and worthless stun
OF many kinds i taking the plsce Of
the useful grasses
The importance Of keeping The
pastures up i felt b. every farmes
and he i discussing methods aua
seeking some plan hy which he can
improve lis pastures Here. =
everywhere on the farm the law ~
loss and gain. OF great and small
crops l.. thzt the land must Dc sup
piled with something which ! the
equivalent Of Whist / taken from IT,
In some places there may X beneath
the turf within reach q the Plow
a soil OF certain substances which
can he turned over Te-SeeCied and
put in 10 condition Of profit In
other places the stony OF rough ~
wet condition Of the land i sucA
that i / iLnpracticable 10 plUw. aIId
these patches must be brought L.
other than by blowing We can
give no arbitrary rules s. 70 tie
renovation Of pastures The intel-l
gent farmer. knowing the nature II
his lands viii b able. - he decides
70 tackle hiS pastures for their I'M
provement 70 judge what i best and
where his labors should b expended
The following suggestions may no-
however. L out OF place:
Consider the character q the pas
lures OF the farm s. whole; -
II some parts are not IN the nature
OF the case worthless OF beyond re-
demption s. pastures: II 50 run Che
fence around them and lei them
grow up 70 wood. ! good piec-
OF growing wood land / pairing
good interest. 81 least on poor lands
See II there are not patches or area@
OF good tilIable. plow lands Jhat can
b plowed. II so pillow what can b
conveniently plowed. and put on =
little manure. If little can be spared.
and = quantity OF good phosphate
aud seed right down without crop
ping. Fall seeding. perhaps with s.
little Hungarian grass with rye or
oats. II i i done in September viii
give an excellent crop the next Sea-
on. By blowing small areas yearly.
and adding manure and phosphate
the phosphatez are necessary % re-
store that particular element 70 the
lands. / VII not y long before the
feed vii b greatly increased.
Where blowing i impraeticable IL
may b possible BY tearing out bush
=. removing stone. cutting briar>
and other work % % break the sur
face that new seed can d got H.
Then add I light top dressing II
manure with some q the phosphate~.
harrow what / possible and hoe in
if necessary some Of the seed. AMI
there viii he wonderful increase ia
the amount Of grass grown on that
patch There are wet places, PEI
haps. where s little ditching would
carry on the water and bring 10 pro
ductive usefulness grounds rich hy
nature. that have been bearing Wild
and improbable grasses aud bushes
II viii Be useless for the farmer Ia
expect TO improve his pastures with
out labor and some expense. The
only means in his hands s. We look
81 il are labor. manure phosphate
In short he must plow- clear up the
brush. remove the stone cut away
the briars. scatter new seed. plgw
in or put on some manure. use what
bone phosphate he can afford 70 buy
and keep at the work OF pasture
improvement until he brings up this
end OF his farm where the fields
and cultivated lands are brought al
ready. Somebody in Rutland com
y discussing this subject has tie
following:
i beg leave % refer 70 5 piece Of
pasture land in AIiddIetown Springs.
lately owned and cultivated BIZ n.
+. Wheeler. ESD. OF Rutland This
was a pasture given over 70 the IN
disputed possession OF what : Cali
fOrnian would call chapparal. known
here a. bareback. There wasn-t
grass enough on twenty acres q
make 4 cud for 3 single COW: but
now the same ground Is yielding q
second crop Of grass-a crop Of
choice timothy at the rate Of about
a ton and 3 half 70 two tons Per
acre. This Is marvellous, but II !
here in broad daylight and cannot
be disputed.
Let the farmers having similar
fields pillow them. ferrlizing only
with such materials as are needed.
and which are easily at command :
buy what Is wanted only and in the
cheapest market: seed to rye and
s mixture Of grasses-cloyer can be
sown in the spring-but do not ex-
pect 70 harvest anything with the
scythe OF sickle. Let whatever
stock i kept upon the farm do the
harvesting with incisors: and the
profits will be larger and long con-
tinued BY way Of neat stock and
dairy products"
aaOId Pilot an Inbred Morgan.